Tanti Auguri!

It's been almost a week since my last post since nothing much has been going on. We've had a couple large groups in the campsite, and have all been working. We've also hosted lunches for various parts of the staff over the last few days, so even on our time off we're still at the restaurant working. Gino is almost always busy with something, he is very business minded and trying to expand his empire. The other day I made a joke about how I only see the back of his head when he's running off to do something, and that I spend more time doing his laundry than with him. It was not well received. Every once and a while I think he needs to be reminded because he's so used to being on his own, and a terrible workaholic. He is literally on the campsite 7 days a week. Even when he has a day off it's not really a day off because without fail we will end up spending time there, or he'll be on the phone, answering emails and solving everyones problems. First thing in the morning when he wakes up, he checks the emails on his phone in bed, replies to messages, and generally does boss things. At times I am tempted to flush his phone down the toilet.

On a lighter note, today is his 30th birthday. Yesterday we spent most of the morning in bed (I think he was trying to make up for my complaints of never seeing him,) had some breakfast, then a nap. We went to buy his birthday present before going to the campsite so he could help with an unexpected dinner reservation for 30 people. He wanted new things for the kitchen, so I bought him an electric mixer, an electric kettle, and a new space heater since ours died (rip.) While we were in the Vatican, the tour guide made a joke about all of the presents people give the pope saying 'what do you give the man who has everything?' I responded 'Good question, my boyfriend's birthday is coming up.' Sadly I was not able to buy him the Porche he wanted, but maybe next year. Anything that I would have been able to afford and he would want he buys for himself, so the easiest solution was just to take him to the store and let him pick some things out. Today we went for lunch with our roommates in Ostia, which is a little town right on the Mediterranean. We had spanish food, then came home and I baked him a cake. It was a chocolate brownie cake with fresh strawberries on top and inside topped with whipped cream. The whole thing kind of collapsed because I was too impatient to wait for it to cool entirely before cutting it in half to fill it with strawberries, but it tasted delicious. 

Birthday Cake

Crumbling to pieces.

Birthday Cake at the campsite with all the staff

In front of a bar we went to that overlooked the Colosseum. 

I think I've made it in with the family. Gino told me that last time he went to Florence his mom was upset that I didn't come and that his parents always ask about me. I think they just want us to get married so they can have grandkids in Italy (his brother lives in Australia with his wife and daughter.)

Enough for now, I'm sitting in the kitchen noming a sausage from Gino's family's farm. We're probably going to watch an Italian movie tonight and go to bed early. Since we work in a bar, going out some times feels like work, and I'm just starting to get a cold. It's so nice to stay home and snuggle with the new heater and tea. 

xx